Brookfield News

Some area residents, including grade school students, will soon have cleaner water to drink.

The Democratic Town Committee voted Thursday to recommend endorsing former Republican selectman Bill Davidson as its candidate for first selectman in this fall's municipal election.

It was hard to tell which impressed Paula Cardinale more Thursday afternoon in her spotless Danbury home -- the fan-shaped vacuuming pattern on her living room carpet or the official-looking "Disinfected" sign in the bathroom.

School leaders must hire four new administrators to fill leadership vacancies in three of the town's four schools in coming weeks, but officials are confident the district will attract the best candidates.

The owners of American Energy Enterprises Inc. hope to use a $50 million stimulus grant to buy the old Century Brass mill site in town for New England's first commercial ethanol production facility.

Fourth of July weekend may be over, but that didn't stop the Board of Selectmen from engaging in some verbal fireworks during their meeting Monday night.

First Selectman Robert Silvaggi announced Monday that he will not seek re-election to the town's top post this fall.

Five people were charged with drunken driving as a result of traffic stops or accidents over the holiday weekend, according to police in Danbury and Brookfield.

Brookfield resident Harold Kurfehs wanted to celebrate his wife, Linda, in honor of their upcoming 45th anniversary.

It's called Pennies for Penguins, and Shannon Pugliese won't be satisfied until she's collected at least one cent for each of the estimated 150,000 African penguins still in existence.

Area lawmakers from both sides of the aisle Wednesday defended state Rep. David Scribner, who is the subject of a $76,000 dispute with the Internal Revenue Service.

State Rep. David Scribner, who also serves as Brookfield's town treasurer, has a federal tax lien filed against his home for more than $75,000. Scribner on Tuesday confirmed that a tax lien for $76,253 was filed against his property on Obtuse Hill Road in Brookfield in August 2006 by the Internal Revenue Service.

Board of Finance member Howard Lasser has announced his intention to run for the Board of Selectmen in November.

Marie-Elizabeth Hebert was a 10-year-old QuebeA oise "obsessed" with playing the Super Mario 64 video game when her parents told her they'd be leaving their "little safe haven" in Canada to move to place called Brookfield, Connecticut.

A Brookfield man turned himself into police Tuesday evening for charges stemming from an incident in May, when he purposely smashed into another vehicle on South Main Street, according to police.

The Society of Plastics Engineers has sold its headquarters building in Brookfield, Conn.

The Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday to approve contracts of top leadership and finalizes some appointments.

They will have a fundraiser July 3 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Royale Tobacco, 235 Federal Road, Brookfield.

Let's hope that Brookfield elected officials are better at monitoring the town's pension fund than they are at discussing whether to widen the committee responsible for the fund.

If the owners of the cornfield property off Junction Road had their druthers, they probably wouldn't have chosen to have a public hearing before the Inland Wetlands Commission on their proposal to put a major shopping center on their land during one of the rainiest spells in recent memory.